A “one hit wonder” refers to a song or artist who is hugely successful, but only because of one hit song or ...
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The Working Tibetan Mastiff
It is a special thing to see a rare breed at work, so when the video clip below was passed along to us by a friend, we w...
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A Unique American Windhound
Standing at about 13 to 15 inches is the Italian Greyhound, the smallest of the sighthounds, while a male Irish Wolfhoun...
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The Pink Poodle: A Cocktail and a Violated City Code
The next time you have a Poodle-owning guest to your house – or maybe when you’re holding an after-Poodle sp...
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Beau Mouvement de la Queue!
Anyone in the audience who failed to notice “Bean,” in the Best in Show ring from the last two Westminster K...
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“A Very Ordinary Breed”
Dogs have been an integral part of human history, but largely taken-for-granted because they were always in the backgrou...
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The North American Miniature Australian Shepherd
If you’re wondering what the heck a North American Miniature Australian Shepherd, surprise! you already know. Back...
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Without This, It’s Just Another Spaniel
While Mr. H.C. Payne’s wording was unfortunate, he summed up the importance of the Welsh Springer Spaniel’s ...
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Poodle Grooming, Sabella Style
Occasionally, a professional groomer will be asked to give a pet a rounded head like a stuffed teddy bear, and indeed, t...
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The Kennel Club’s First Registered Dog
The first national kennel club in the world was the United Kingdom’s Kennel Club which, of course, also makes it t...
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What’s a Mallomar?
A few years ago, we astonished a friend when we confessed to not knowing what a Mallomor was. By virtue of context, (and...
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Vive la différence
Boys and girls, males and females, dogs and bitches. In the dog world, there are often phenotypical differences between ...
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After Louis Dobermann…
The first Dobermann Pinschers were bred around 1890 in the town of Apolda in central Thuringia, Germany by Louis Doberma...
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Your Love of Purebred Dogs: Maybe He Influenced You
When it comes to the preeminent illustrator of birds, the name, John James Audubon, is the name that occurs to most peop...
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The Communicative Tail
In the course of investigating our beloved purebred dogs, we look at a lot of books and articles (if only we could retai...
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Bulldog of Arabia
His capacity for drink was infamous, especially when his acting pals, Richard Burton, Michael Caine, and Richard Harris,...
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The Kaiser’s “Brutes with Jaws Measuring Half the Length of their…Bodies”
Kaiser Wilhem II was devoted to his Dachshunds. He buried at least five beloved Dachshunds in the park at Huis Doorn, hi...
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Nothing Says Scotland Like These Three Things
It’s funny how a hat can be associated with a dog breed, but test yourself and see it it isn’t true. Look at...
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The Cat-Like Dogs of the Orient
The Japanese Chin is not a delicate breed, but s/he is dainty, and interestingly, the word, “chin” in the br...
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